[Peace-discuss] Fwd: [GushShalom] Instant protest caught TV camera / 2 of the
ISMers free on bail
Al Kagan
akagan at uiuc.edu
Sun May 11 23:25:14 CDT 2003
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>[] Instant protest caught TV camera / 2 of the ISMers free on bail
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>[] Instant protest caught TV camera / 2 of the ISMers free on bail
>
>We have just gotten back from the protest outside the Defense
>Ministry in Tel-Aviv.
>The vigil was decided upon yesterday night, in phone consultations
>between activists of Gush Shalom,
>Ta'ayush and the Women's Peace Coalition and later joined by the
>young anarchists of "Maavak Ehad."
>Many activists found the message on their screens or their answering
>machines only after coming
>back from work - mostly Tel-Avivians, but there were also several
>who spontaneously came over for
>the occasion from Haifa and Jerusalem.
>The near two hundred who came were motivated by a strong need to
>express support for the International Solidarity Movement; for the
>activists who stand with
>nothing than their bodies and without using any violence between the
>IDF and the unprotected Palestinians.
>That this is a strong approach already Mahatma Gandhi knew, and for
>who needs new proof: it was given by the effort which the Israeli
>army takes to get rid of the ISM.
>One of the especially prepared signs read "ISM is saving lives".
>Other popular signs: Occupation Deports Eye Witnesses / What does
>the army have to hide? / Rachel Corrie Killed - Her Friends
>Deported?! / An unaffiliated
>activist improvised on the spot: "You can cheat most of the people,
>and deport the rest."
>Soon the chanting started: Peace Yes - Deportation No / The
>witnesses are silenced; the crimes cove
>red up! / We are all ISM!
>The coverage on the first Channel TV news was not unfriendly,
>explaining that "the Israeli peace or
>ganizations" protested the harsh measures against the internationals.
>
>Although difficult days lay ahead, the struggle to keep the ISMers
>here went not bad today also in
>
>the court. Adv. Shamai Leibowitz succeeded to obtain postponement of
>the hearing (to which many
>activists had come) and release on bail for the two women
>internationals arrested yesterday. (It
>took quite an effort, since there was demanded the deposit of 15000
>NIS in cash - which is more
>than $3000. Leibowitz himself came up with 5000, and a check for the
>remainder was provided by the
>
>anti-militarist organization New Profile. But as the banks are
>closed on Sunday afternoons, the che
>ck
>could be cashed only thanks to a friendly money-changer found in the
>Arab town of Qafr Qasem.
>
>Leibowitz also achieved that the Ministry of Interior will hold the
>next hearing, of which the date
> is not
>yet defined. This he considers to be positive, as the new Shinuy
>Party Minister may be more sensiti
>ve to
>the argument of not being in accordance with his liberal image.
>And, Christine Razowsky ("Flo"), arrested on Friday and feared to be
>already deported, was found ou
>t by Adv. Leah
>Tzemel to be still here, and may also be released on bail.
>
>It's right now only a question of winning time and the deportation
>orders are still hovering over t
>he ISM arrestees. But it was
>reason for Ghassan Andoni of Rapprochement, the organization which
>hosted the ISM in its offices, t
>o
>send out a more upbeat message, which follows. Meanwhile the
>Palestinian ISM organizer Osama Qashoo
>,
>who suffered an epileptic fit upon arrest, was transfered to a hospital.
>
>------- Forwarded message follows Sun, 11 May 2003 -------
>From: "ghassan_andoni" <rapprochement at palsolidarity.org>
>Date sent: Sun, 11 May 2003 13:34:29 -0000
>Subject: [rapprochement] we can not be deafeted
>
>Dear Members,
>after all, we are still here and will continue our work. this attack
>against ISM peace activists will fail. already all the work of the
>army, all the raids at our places, all the arrests, could not stand a
>court. Flo will be released. and hope the other arrested ISM people
>will be released soon. the army have no bases for all of its
>alligations. we can defeat the ones who want to continue the war. we
>need to have a louder voice, a more coordinated work. let us keep the
>pressure up on them. we will never lose because we stand for peace,
>for justice, and for life.
>
>to fight for the detained activists we need your help. I hereby
>appeal for an emergency legal fund. If you can help, this is the time
>when it is most needed.
>
>ISM dared to challenge the system, which was carefuly built to keep the
>occupation alive. highly dedicated activists from all over the globe,
>started the few steps in the way for peace in the middle east. let us
>not let them down. because they were doing a great job, they are
>being prosecuted. together we can force them to retreat.
>
>regards
>Ghassan Andoni
>
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